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Catoscopium nigritum
(Hedw.) Brid.
Family:
Catoscopiaceae
black golf club moss
[
Bryum nigritum
(Hedw.) Dicks.,
more
Grimmia nigrita
(Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr,
Weissia nigrita
Hedw.
]
Blanka Aguero
Flora of North America
Resources
Dale H. Vitt in FNA Volume 28
Catoscopium nigritum
Plants
: to 6 cm.
Stem
: leaves erect-spreading, 3-ranked, flexuose when dry, 0.8–1.5 mm; basal laminal cells oblong to elongate; distal cells quadrate to short-rectangular.
Perichaetial
: leaves somewhat larger than stem leaves.
Seta
: 0.8–2.4 cm.
Capsule
: 0.6–1 mm; exostome teeth lanceolate, incurved, truncate.
Spores
: 33–48 µm.
Phenology
: Capsules mature summer.
Edges of pools in calcareous rich fens. low elevations. Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Ind., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mont., N.Y., Europe, Asia, Atlantic Islands (Iceland).
Catoscopium nigritum is characterized by its dense turfs of reddish black stems with erect, lanceolate leaves. When fertile, the small, shiny, black capsules with small mouth, reduced peristome, and inclined posture clearly define the species.
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Blanka Aguero
The New York Botanical Garden
William Cook
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This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards:
#1115116
,
#2001500
,
#2001394
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